"About 25% of retailers surveyed as part of U.K.-focused research from Fujitsu said they were disappointed in their return on investment from technology projects, and also felt that increasing digital technology deployment makes it more difficult to enable face-to-face relationships with customers, according to a Computer Weekly report on the research."

"Since partnering with luxury brands requires “mutual agreement and effort,” it is hard to predict exactly how many brands Alibaba’s biggest business to consumer e-commerce platform is going to partner with in 2018, Liu said. “But we have been in touch with all kinds of luxury fashion brands. As you know, we launched Giorgio Armani last month, and Tod’s last year,” she added. In addition, Tmall is determined to introduce Chinese designers and fashion styles to the West.

"The infiltration of luxury retailers in notable Canadian cities like Toronto and Vancouver have been on the rise since 2015. In fact, Toronto was ranked 10th in the world last year for the number of luxury store openings, according to a report by London-based real estate firm Savills. Approximately 3.1 percent of all luxury store openings were recorded in the major Canadian city, which was named among other cities such as Paris, Tokyo, London, Los Angeles and more."

"China is the world’s largest luxury market, and one where fakes are still rampant. It’s a huge problem not only for brands, but also for Chinese shoppers willing to pay for the real thing who are plagued by doubts that their purchases may not be genuine. In response, the China Electronic Commerce Association (中国电子商务协会) has launched an official luxury brand appraisal center (奢侈品鉴定中心) in where items’ authenticity can be evaluated."